The Home of Photos in Dunnunda! Mk I

[Wanderin_dave]

VH-XXX

I'll have a punt

1,2,3 and 7 might be Edwards AFB?
9 Port Fairy during the brilliant Folk Festival?
11 Honolulu?
13 San Fransico?

[VH-XXX]

Rock festival is at Phillip Island. GO Airlines CanadaAir Regional Jet is in Honolulu, yep good guess. Nice little aircraft 50'ish seats. Long takeoff run, but climbs steep out like a fireman.



Nice guess.

Warbirds are Nellis Airforce Base in Nevada, pictures enclosed, complete with Snipers on the roof ready to pop a cap in the a*rse of any unsuspecting airshow visitor who gets too close to the Stealth figther. To be honest, I think it was a little over the top!

Lucky these guys didn't see Mr. XXX here with his Bazooka!

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sniper.JPG


Spot the sniper!
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sniper2.jpg


He's so ugly I just wanna aim at him!
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sniper3.jpg

Watch out for this guy! He flies a Jabiru.
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/xxx.JPG


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/thunder2.jpg



We have these in Museum's in Australia and they are STILL flying them!
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/museum.jpg

Nice...
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/thunder3.jpg

Blimp over Orlando.
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/blimp.jpg



REAL float plane flying in the Florida keys!
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/mx.jpg


And real Australian coast.
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/coast.jpg

[J430]

I know......look a little closer at the altimeter ladies and gents.........:eek:

I reckon you owe me a beer anyway next time we meet!!!:} And not one of those poofy vodka things either!!!

J:ok:

[Wanderin_dave]

Knew it was either Nellis or Edwards, took a punt on Edwards after seeing the San Fran pic.
Ah well, as for your pic of Loch Ard Gorge, seen that one......oh.....174 odd times from the air. Well didn't really see it, too busy dodging bloody R44s!

[Hugh Jarse]

# 9: Phillip Island. Not in the foreground, but I think I can see Southern Loop about 2/3 the way up the frame....

Bloody motorbikes!:}

[J430]

Such a Nit Picky lot on here and nobody has picked the problem in XXX's photo yet, :confused: and my last clue has not helped.

Have not seen that happen in my Jab! But I bet a few other instrumenst in old Cessna's and Pipers have done some odd things at times.

Here is my dash, nice redundancy with the old and new!

http://a124.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/42/m_56b7efc0ea9a42b10ab702b7df9f3943.jpg

Cheers
J:ok:

[Wanderin_dave]

I don't see a problem, just hope you're carrying oxygen to be cruising at FL490. Would have taken a while for the poor little Jabbie to get ya there!!
:eek:

Must be the J160-900TT!!! :}

[NZDP]

Nice guess.

Warbirds are Nellis Airforce Base in Nevada, pictures enclosed, complete with Snipers on the roof ready to pop a cap in the a*rse of any unsuspecting airshow visitor who gets too close to the Stealth figther. To be honest, I think it was a little over the top!

Lucky these guys didn't see Mr. XXX here with his Bazooka


Ahh yea I was gonna say Nellis, a bit late. Was a really good show, took a few hundred pics also

[J430]

Hey Wandering Dave

I reckon our mate XXX owes us a few XXXX's now......except I would not touch the stuff!

I wonder what other points he has to reveal!

J:ok:

[the wizard of auz]

Good on ya CFI. :eek: I forgot you had that picture. :uhoh:
If I remember rightly I was doing you a favour and sitting in it for a promotional photo.
I Never flew in it. I'm just not that brave. :}
All you other mob........you know who you'se are, Get stuffed. :E :} :eek:

[Charlie Foxtrot India]

'Tis true. Wiz was just on a a modelling assignment at the time. :)

[gaunty]

:eek: Wiz and modelling in the same sentence :E

[Inbound On Descent]

VH-XXX

That flamey-nose-art-slippery-lookin'-thingamy looks to be parked out the front of the Cooly Aero Club....


many a beer was had....:ok:

[VH-XXX]

Yep, the flashy on-fire aircraft is a new Sting owned by Michael Coates the importer. It's a nice machine and has most of the gadgets you need for a pleasant day's flight.

Paintjob took nearly 2 weeks solid.



http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sting1.jpg


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sting2.jpg

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sting3.jpg


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/sting4.jpg

[VH-XXX]

Taken on the same day in Coolangatta... not many of these slippery looking machines around.

http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/wle.jpg

[Going Nowhere]

Now THAT'S what I call a death pencil!! :eek:

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/125693231-M.jpg

not quite VH-MINE, more like 25-MINE :ok:

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/124990335-M.jpg

[J430]

Looks like Miss-XXX features in there too me old mate. So does she want one of those sting machines now?

J:}

[Chimbu chuckles]

They must have solved the engine problem with the Vampire then?

I remember one of my instructors being involved with the test flying of them in the very early 80s, I think...many, many engine failures were had usually just airborne...I can't for the life of me remember what it was or the fix.

Re the flames paint job...wouldn't have thought it was the best advert for Rotax:ouch:

Re the other leathal looking thing...WTF is it??:uhoh:

[VH-XXX]

That looks suspicously like the back of Peter Waterhouse's hangar at Hoxton park in which the Vampire sits.

[J430]

Chuckles,

The register says its a WLAC....whatever that is. Has a Cont. IO360 in it apparently.

Maybe VH-XXX or one of his mates knows, have to see the replies.

Cheers
J:ok:

[Ultralights]

I have actually never met the owner of the Hangar, only spoken to him on the blower. sadly i have forgotten his name..., but it is at Hoxton park, and there are 2 Opticas in the hangar. love to fly one of those, wonder if the vis would be any better than the Vamp?
http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/124990332-M.jpg
as for the Vampire engine, mine is powered by a Rotax 503, pretty bulletproof little engine..
the early 80's ones were powered by the Solo 210 engine??
the new ones now have a 55 hp HKS 4 stroke engine, as for the reliability of this engine, im unsure.

[VH-XXX]

The WLAC is a "White Lightning." Quite a fast machine when equipped with the right engine. When photo was taken it was Vic registered so not sure why it was in Cooly.

The Optica's belongs to Peter Waterhouse from memory. Not many of those around either. The story goes that he was offered big money for them years ago by the factory because they stopped making them and because he owns them they have to keep supporting the aircraft in terms of parts etc, as part of some English law / agreement. The result is that they are apparently worth a hell of a lot of money.

They are quite a noisy machine when airborne too.

[Red777]

Andy RR Red777, is that the death-grip technique on the yoke during landing there?

Not the most responsive control surfacers on a Rockwell Commander and it was rather cold....appears to be a firm grip yes!

[haughtney1]

A rather nice looking Global Express

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Nicetoy.jpg

The new kid in town :ok:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Oasis.jpg

We cut in front:D

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f200/haughtney/Verynice.jpg

[VH-MLE]

Some from my collection.

Derby
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/VH-MLE/MammatusCloud-DerbyAirport.gif

Shark Bay
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/VH-MLE/SharkBayWA.gif

Zuytdorp Cliffs
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/VH-MLE/ZuytdorpCliffsWA.gif

[VH-XXX]

Some cliffs in Vic...


http://users.netconnect.com.au/~njah1/cliffs.JPG

[Defenestrator]

That's a pretty cool paint job. Nice one. Oh and the GLEX is rather cool too.

D

[PS2A_yay!]

Oky doky. This is just getting better and better.
Some more from a past job in the diverse world of aviation.
Another early morning (wish i hadda stayed in bed). Should be easy to identify aicraft type?!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/Picture116.jpg
Oops!! I think I shoulda turned around a long time ago?!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/PuckaduringSAR.jpg
And of course a bit o fun in my name-sake! Yeeee Haaaaa
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/Picture283.jpg
Keep em coming guys
Cheers

[sir.pratt]

nice pitts fuel cap - are you sure it's in properly?

[PS2A_yay!]

Yeah sir pratt, the cap is positioned properly. I used to always recheck that thing. It was designed that way because of the "flop tube" fuel tank, enabling it to retrieve fuel in all flight conditions and g-manouevres.

Made for a good joke on an unsuspecting student.:ouch:

[PS2A_yay!]

:eek: Never had the pleasure under my watch!!

Nah, was beacon homing and given direct tracking to BDG. Makes for a good story tho. Couldn't resisit the photo.

[Lando Calrissian]

Anyone like to take a guess where this is?
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/LandoCalrissian_photos/DSC04286.jpg
Here it is
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/LandoCalrissian_photos/DSC04161.jpg

[notmyC150v2]

Okay we have seen that many of you can pick a current airstrip. How about one that's thirty years old???
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u6/notmyc150v2/WhereamiNov1977.jpg
And these ones are for any former Bushies pilots out there. I apologise for the quality of the photos but they were taken on an old 110 instamatic.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u6/notmyc150v2/Bushies.jpg
And DC3 fans
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u6/notmyc150v2/DC3-1.jpg
And this one to see if any of you can tell me if it is still flying.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u6/notmyc150v2/DC3.jpg

[Jamair]

notmyC150v2: Dunno bout the airstrip, but the 402 BPZ is in a squillion bits at ROM, where its been sitting for about 5 years. It'll never fly again (in Oz anyway - maybe he'll 'do a FWG' and send it to South America.....:rolleyes:

[trolleydriver]

notmyC150v2 (http://www.pprune.org/forums/member.php?u=39645)
could be anywhere but looks like Aurukun 42nm south of weipa far nth qld to me ?

[Chimbu chuckles]

Hmm Talair had one of those shortnosed C402s, P2-GKB...brings back many a smelly, sweaty memory of climbing passed 8 or 10 villagers to get to my seat and with no pilot door there was no way of cooling off until altitude...flew nicer than than As, Bs and Cs though...took a modest amount of attention to keep the CofG under control...lucky the average PNG villager was about 60kgs:ok:

Still, she was the pick of the litter if you were contemplating taking a C402 somewhere silly.

[Bevan666]

woah! He has only one afterburner lit!

[Peter Fanelli]

are you sure it's in properly?

Now there's something I've never heard a woman say. :)

[Lando Calrissian]

The flag & big smoking thing in the background should give this away.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/LandoCalrissian_photos/DSC04296.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Tokua. Too easy........

[tinpis]

Took GKB "somewhere silly " on many occasions
Strewth,would have had many hours onnit by the time yu got to it Chuck !
Love the long sox did ya miss out on the long sox rig Chuck? :)

[Chimbu chuckles]

Nope...didn't miss out on long sox:}

http://www.fototime.com/{D639DDE8-00A1-468D-A70B-80719250021D}/picture.JPG

My trainee in this piccy is now a VB 737 captain...very switched on fella...and one of life's pleasant personalities.

Pick the airline and the port:E

[tinpis]

My trainee in this piccy is now a VB 737 captain.

:hmm: Why was he undoing his shorts?

[Dogimed]

Tinpis
Why was he undoing his shorts?

Because as Chimbu said

...very switched on fella...
:ooh: :ooh: :ooh:

notmyC150v2
And this one to see if any of you can tell me if it is still flying.


Sunk I'm afraid... Botany Bay 1994.


Dog

[Chimbu chuckles]

:} Actually he is fiddling with his company issued all purpose tool...I just know that will bring out the deviants...what were those things called...knife, pliers, screw drivers of all kinds etc. The things that send security appoplectic these days:ugh:

We were also issued with strobes...I won't go into the detail on where some of those ended up...but the comment "Your eyes are flashing" got one of our Bandit/Otter Flight Attendants to the mirror:E

[QSK?]

Chimbu:Pick the airline and the port
I'd say Crowley's and Rabaul (?)

[gaunty]

Chuck 'n tin

Well there wuz,

C401, C401A and C401B wivout a cargo door. 300hp engines.

The C402 was the only shortnose version wiv a cargo door, then the '69 C402A and B and on got the door and the pinnochio treatment, '72 on they got square windows and a bigger cabin till '79 then the C402C got the 325hp engines and wet wing. The Pilot crew door was always an option.:ok:

And running alongside them as early as '68 was the 421, same fuse and wing as the C402 375hp and the from '70 the C414 same as but with 310hp.

[Chimbu chuckles]

All the Talair 402s were As except GKB which I think arrived in Talair in 68 or 69...I flew it in 1988...I flew Richard's C once...nice machine but the As were nicer to pole around.

Crowleys!!!...just how old do you think I am?:}

You got Rabaul right though..pre eruption of course....or actually if you include the 1937-42 eruptions it would be 'between' eruptions:ok:

[notmyC150v2]

Trolleydriver,

Damn that was quick.

It is Aurukun circa 1977 or so. It was taken from the first flight off the "new" runway when it was still bauxite. You can just see the end of it in the top left of the photo.

My flight out was two days prior and was the last flight off the old strip that dominates the photo. I was the only passenger in a DC3 and treated like a king. Got to sit in the captains seat for nearly the whole flight. Couldn't happen now.:( :(

Dog,

Pity about the sunk plane. I loved flying in those things.

[trolleydriver]

notmyC150v2,

last time i was there they had started to put houses on the grass strip that run behind the hospital... and the original strip was hardly visible anymore. I had the privalige of doing the first cct on the runway after it was sealed in a good old 206

I spent a while there :} Its got some of the best fishing i've ever seen. :ok:

[bentleg]

And this one to see if any of you can tell me if it is still flying.

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1994/aair/aair199401043.aspx

Some of the remains are at Camden

[Pinky the pilot]

Bandit/Otter Flight Attendants to the mirror

Ah yessss....Some of the Talair Flight Attendants were rather nice now, were'nt they Chuck!:ok: :ok:
Too good for the likes of us Simbu blokes though!!:{ :E

[chimbu warrior]

Only problem with the short-nose 402 was a lack of baggage space. Talair actually had another short-snout that ended its days at Lake Murray. An over-zealous cargo-boi loaded lots of welding rods in the nose locker, and it simply never rotated.

The pilot survived, and I believe has recently returned to PNG - AGAIN!

[Chimbu chuckles]

When he returned last time, must be 12+ yrs ago, he went down to DCA office and had them take BN2 OFF his licence...this of course terribly coonfused the fella behind the desk...but with his palm liberally greased (a 'Somare' I believe) he duly complied.:D

Pinky certainly some were very lovely, and lots of fun:E , but the cutest were pretty thick. The same FA who lept up to see if the strobe really was flashing out her eyes also bolted into the cockpit of my Bandit one day ex Rabaul-Buka seconds after I had roared past one of the young fellas in a BN2 a wing span or so away and breathlessly said "Chuck...how did he do that?"

"Do what?" :confused:

"How did he make the Islander fly backwards?"

:hmm: :ugh: :}

[notmyC150v2]

Trolleydriver,

The fishing sure is spectacular. It's the only time in my life I have seen a 40 pound barramundi. The bloody thing was bigger than me at the time.

It was caught by a guy called Josiah who hailed from Vanuatu (New Hebrides back then). Nicest guy you could hope to meet and very generous with his fish. Not so generous with his daughters...

It's funny, I hated the place at the time but it looks really good from 30 years away.

[Torres]

Talair actually had another short-snout that ended its days at Lake Murray. An over-zealous cargo-boi loaded lots of welding rods in the nose locker, and it simply never rotated.
Wasn't Lake Murray, it was an airstrip on the Fly, south of Kiunga but I don't recall the name. The nose locker was loaded with hessian bags of nuts and bolts whilst the pilot was distracted. If memory serves me correctly, a generator tied down inside kept going when the C402 stopped, exiting the aircraft through the side!

Think you mentioned P2-GKB? That was the first C402, bought new by TAL in 1968, in anticipation of the first Reg 203 exemption to conduct RPT operations.

[tinpis]

Quick look in me old log shows GKB GKC GKD MWD GKK was a long nose as was WDB

Ginger beers knocked up some lead plates that sat in the nose lockers of all the shorties
Also they has a stick bilong arse to stop them bumpin when the pilot climbed over the 44 gallons drums of fuel cargo :uhoh:

[Chimbu chuckles]

I believe WDB became GKE...one of the nicer flying 402As we had.

http://www.fototime.com/{CE6B2AF6-0AC7-487B-9740-8581DC1A9321}/picture.JPG

Oops...I just noticed I forgot to retract the landing lights after my last landing...still I was about to head off to Girua and Gurney so prolly discovered my mistake as soon as I turned around:}

Torres pretty sure it was Lake Murray where the 402 went bush at flying speed with the nosewheel nailed down by CofG. From memory the generator went out the side when one wing hit something and spun him around...other wise our stammering mate would have been killed instead of 'just' spending a VERY long taim long haus sik. One of natures very funny fellas.:ok:

[troppo]

nice pic chuck...how bout you post some on the PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok thread and keep it alive

[Torres]

I've searched the internet for a map of the Fly to look at airstrip names but come up with zilch. I can "see" the strip in my mind, short name, not Obo (I don't think) but south of Obo. That prang was pre 1984, so over 20 years ago. I don't recall who the pilot was but from your reference to a stutter, I'm sure it wasn't W-w-w-w-warwick - at that time he was restricted to Islanders, having shortened a C402's prop blades on the runway at Port Morbid. Besides, I seem to recall the pilot became the subject of Junior's vented spleen and ceased to be employed nano seconds after the prang! :}

Tinpis, you forgot GKF which Bobby pranged at Brugham and SAB ex Sepik Air Charter - which became Sub the Ramu River. WDB and MWD were originally Masling's, recovered from a hangar fire. WDB was contracted to Dillinghams for a few years around 1970, McChook in command.

There were nine C402s all together including the ex M@cair aircraft.


Found it!! :ok: :ok:

The airstrip that C402 went bush was:

SUKI
08.02.97
141.43.50
SUKI 3 15/33
20
650 m

Obo was too short - only 487 meters.

[Chimbu chuckles]

Nope not Wa, wa, warwick:ok:

The same guy who flew Daru-Kiunga-Daru, solid IMC from above 500' in a Baron with DCA on board conducting a base check.

Our hero took off, went IMC and proceeded to read a paperback until his watch suggested it was time to descend, which he did...and proceeded to pop out right over Kiunga at 500'. The whole sector mosty flown DR. Having offloaded whatever and loaded up with whatever they proceeded to plunge back into the overcast at < 500' homeward bound. Out came the paperback again but DCA had decided it was time for a little IFR Q&A.

X what are the requirements for descent below MSA?

"N..N...no idea"

Well what are the alternate requirements?"

"C...cer...couldn't begin to guess"

"Now common on....you should know this stuff"

"N...n...no. If I was far...far...fking instrument rated I would need to know that stuff":D

Later that same day the DCA guy rounded up the Daru based pilots over a beer at the Wyvern and proceeded to mildly chastise them..."I know working for Junior is tough etc etc etc...but what I am really concerned about is your lack of weight and balance control".

"W..w...we estimate it."

"How?"

"W...w...well if its this big by this big by this big it is x k...kg".

"How do you know?"

"B...b...because that is what a carton of SP brown weighs"

"What if it's only half that big?":uhoh: :ooh:

"N...N....no f...far...far..king idea. I d...d...don't drink half cartons of
p...piss".

Now this occurred a little before my time but I have heard the same story from several present including the DCA man...even he was in tears retelling it:ok:

[Chimbu chuckles]

Hey Torres what about COJ and COI and GKP?

GKP ended up on the side of Mt Otto.

I think we had COJ at Airlink in Rabaul after Talair shut up ops....P2-ALB but not certain...if correct the Volcano ended it's days.

COI is still where it is in the picture below...off the end of Tokua...bloody good thing to...it tried to kill me at Finchafen:suspect:

http://www.fototime.com/{D26673CA-EBBC-4EA6-A7D6-A4E5C3BCB022}/picture.JPG

Anyone got of decent piccy of GKB?

[chimbu warrior]

Chuck, that is indeed an accurate account of "Dipstick's" route check with CAA, and he was one and the same who flew GKA for the last time.

Torres, it was a short name near the Fly river; L-a-k-e M-u-r-r-a-y! I can think of about a dozen 402's in the GV fleet, and that was prior to the Co-Air takeover.

[troppo]

Where's Chickenman now? :}

[tinpis]

I got some good slides somewhere of PNG 1970 taim
The 402 those days were the Queens of Juniors fleet being before the twotter arrived
As soon as I get the scanner going Ill try and post em
Um...lake Murray would that be Pangoa yer trying to think of Torres?

TP

[ABX]

34R,

JIC you see something different, this is all I see when trying to look at your pix:

http://www.fototime.com/%7B2180266D-8274-4667-AFF9-3FBE5104067E%7D/picture.JPG

[bentleg]

Can we get off the PNG reminiscing and back on to topic "More Photos"?

[tinpis]

Can we get off the PNG reminiscing and back on to topic "More Photos"?
Today 09:53





Okay....a Papuan warm front :E



http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/pnggirl.jpg

[maxgrad]

ok NOW SHOW US THE COLD FRONT

[Pinky the pilot]

Now hang on Tinny, Where did you take that and when????

She looks very much like someone I knew back in my 'taim bilong PNG' :eek: :} :uhoh: :O :hmm:

[Neil Taylor]

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=123926157&albumID=0&imageID=2889428
Skinny SOB in a jump plane, the sticky tape on the strut and window is probably structural

Not hard to guess where, guess the alt ?

[Animalclub]

quote
Now hang on Tinny, Where did you take that and when????
She looks very much like someone I knew back in my 'taim bilong PNG'
unquote
Pinky
Red Cross fund raiser at the Islander POM - I think. I also think that I was there!!

[the wizard of auz]

I have seen that picture on several tourist pamphlets and in the air nuigini sales office, as well as in the times paper and a few other places. saw even more of the real thing around the traps while there. :}

[trolleydriver]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/trolleydriver/Picture216.jpg

Now thats a smooth runway :ok:

You never get sick of this type of flying :)

[Pseudonymn]

Franklin / Gordon River near Strahan in Tassie?

[trolleydriver]

Pseudonymn,

yeah well done, the approach into Gordon river just down stream of the Gordon/Franklin river junction :ok:

gotta love those reflections :)

[Lando Calrissian]

Much maligned 'terminal' building.
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/LandoCalrissian_photos/DSC04250.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s307/LandoCalrissian_photos/DSC04249.jpg

[heywatchthis]

ON THE GROUND SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -16C

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/l_348491ae7707922a42679d6ba6934b04.jpg

WAITING

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/l_ce89191faf0b5267dc880a6e91ab5d87.jpg

ON THE ROLL

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/l_f15f2dc34d65f39aef58ccdf8dde598b.jpg

BUGGA!

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/bristolfry/bugga.jpg

[J430]

Ok all you sharp eye's......what, where, who and well anything else you can tell me...............yeah I know its a 100 series Landcruiser......
http://a136.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/58/l_51e1f540420ac75d1fdd1bbf22775987.jpg

[haughtney1]

Ahhhhh the mighty Van...its not a meat bomber by chance?

[J430]

Haughtney old chap! A meat bomber:eek:

ok one from inside
http://a973.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/6/l_1fe1c24c0e33e23c6802538d76f900d4.jpg
J:ok:

[morno]

I remember that thing coming through Isa last year sometime. Buggered if I can remember the rego though.

morno

[haughtney1]

Sorry J430.....

The only 3 examples I flew (about 400hrs on the 208B) were meat bombers, and 1 freighter....none of this leather seat business:ok:

I hated the pesky "sunvisor on a pole" though :ok:

[Going Nowhere]

It's not CXX at YCAB is it?

[tinpis]

Theres a midget in the left seat :uhoh:

[heywatchthis]

Tis Caboolture

[buggaluggs]

Woohoo :ok: A waypoint name afta me ! :}

[Squawk7700]

It's a Not So Grand Caravan!

[185skywagon]

Black CVan is Black Toyota's (QLD). It was imported from UK in that scheme.

[J430]

Gidday 185 old mate!

Hows things at YBCV? how about some more bush pics?

You are quite correct, my brother is one of the blacks senior guys, runs the Tractor and Ag business for them (and once a Toyota dealership) so he gets to buzz around in it from time to time. Looks nice outside my hangar, but would be nicer in it!!!!

Nice plane, and look forward to having a go one day. And yes it was ironic they found one in a suitable colour! Gets a look or two wherever she goes.

J:ok:

[185skywagon]

J430,
Howsit?

Not a good colour for the summer out here is it?

I'll post some photos soon. I take my camera all the time.
I am going to do a bit of water bird survey soon, out around Windorah.
Should get a few good shots.

185.

[peuce]

Didn't know they were so roomy inside ... seems to be a lot of shoulder room.

[jib]

http://inlinethumb64.webshots.com/2559/2815161940029624198S600x600Q85.jpg

[jib]

http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/998/2703283480029624198S600x600Q85.jpg

[jib]

http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/2435/2057679160029624198S425x425Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/82/1187841158029624198S425x425Q85.jpg

[NZ06AR]

Hey all...

is there any way i can post pic without having themm on the net... as i have heaps of realy gud photos from mountain flyign form the south island here in new zealand we i was down there....

any help would be ausome

[sir.pratt]

surely once they are posted on here they are on the net anyway???

[NZ06AR]

Ahhh I hve it working now... so here a a fue clips from around nz...

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/NZ06AR/DSC00875.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/NZ06AR/DSC00799-1.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/NZ06AR/SV400011.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/NZ06AR/DSC01035.jpg

[Zhaadum]

Choice bro!

Z.:ok:

[Dixons Cider]

NZ06AR

As you said mate -ausome!!

1st one - Cardrona
2nd - Hunter Valley?

[kiwi_hockey_guy]

Mount Ngauruhoe

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/kiwi_hockey_guy/DSC01032a.jpg

Haast Pass

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/kiwi_hockey_guy/DSC00897.jpg

90 Mile beach

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/kiwi_hockey_guy/DSC00966.jpg

Queen Mary II

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/kiwi_hockey_guy/DSC01132a.jpg

[haughtney1]

The 90 mile beach piccy.....

I spot at least 3 good snapper fishing spots right there:8

Pity I'm in the UK...Bugger!

[haughtney1]

Whitianga/Mercury Bay?
The Rugby Ground, the main road, and the Marina kinda give it away.
Hot water beach is about 1 mile to the south of the piccy...:)
Am I right???

(plus my first 500hrs was flying around the Peninsula)

[sir.pratt]

hey kiwihockeyguy - that's actually Ruapehu, although granted the slopes of Ngaruhoe can just be seen to the left. and is that a VFR flight?

[J430]

sir pratt

Nice part of the world ya got there mate:ok:

Was there just over 3 years ago, stayed at the B&B motel whatever it is on the undershoot of 22......well it was almost! Thought it was fantastic, except in the middle of summer the water was freezing:{ Kids still swam, but came out :sad:

You guys need some global warming down there!

Cheers
J:ok:

[NZ06AR]

Sir.pratt.... yea that photo is in controlled vfr... nice shot ay... (pitty the windscreen is so dirty...

will try to put more up..

[tinpis]

Whitianga/Mercury Bay?
The Rugby Ground, the main road, and the Marina kinda give it away.
Hot water beach is about 1 mile to the south of the piccy...
Am I right???


Totally stuffed and ruined :mad:

[J430]

sir pratt
:D :D :D

I reckon our mate Chimbu Chuckles should have some warmth he could share with ya.

J:ok:

[ZK-DAN]

Yeah, is a piccy of Whitianga climbing out downwind.Nice.

[ZK-DAN]

Is that Flying Forehead photo taken at Timaru?

[ZK-DAN]

Town was a $9 taxi ride from the airfield. The coffee was good, can't remember the cafe but they served Ozone coffee from NP.

Loving the Allpress Coffee bar at AA domestic too. About time!

[Jamair]

No prizes for figuring this one out - worlds largest windsock, also comes in handy for estimating cloud levels AGL....:)

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/0306071202-00.jpg

[J430]

JAMAIR

Could that be Mourilyan Mill? been a while since I have seen the mills, but if so I believe your windsock is now bent over due a cyclone last March:eek:

J:ok:

[OpsNormal]

Nope, this one still stands - and in fact the one pictured is the smaller of the two largest ones..... In fact it is a dead give away with the name on the side of the building there and all.... :oh:

[J430]

Well it must be Marion Mill assuming that you are reffering to two mills close by, as in Racecourse and Marion Mills.

Invicta Mill further north might be bigger in capacity than Marion, but not like Racecourse.

As for the name on the side.....can't read that :ouch:

J:ok:

[Pseudonymn]

Pick me! Pick me! Pick me! :} :} :}


J430, small hint. The town is very widely known as being the emitter of the most airborn pollutants in Oz. :ugh:

[megle2]

I'll be the dil
It has to be Racecouse Mill East
J430 is getting close
Obviously the Mt Isa sign didn't help
How does he see out the window to fly

[J430]

OK OK OK

I gather the signage says Mount Isa Mines.......but how the heck can you see that on ya laptop!!!!!:ouch:

As for Racecorse Mill East.....I gather you mean east:ugh: ....98% around the globe EAST.........might be not real good at reading a few pixels but MIM is WEST of Mackay, and a bit north also:}

So i guess the sugar is scarce to.....:E

Bloody funny few posts now, glad I provided some light entertainment for you lot!:p :p Going to dig up some hard ones for you guys now:oh:

J:ok:

[OpsNormal]

I thought the mine head might have given the game up. :O :O :}

Let'um rip then, whatcha got?!:ok:

[Led Zep]

Newcastle!

I think! :}

[Defenestrator]

Nah thats the Isa all right. Used to work with a guy that would try and land an apple core down the guts of the big chimney most times he came back from the mail run. Best days of my life. Had a lot of fun. Is that home now Jamair?

D:)

[morno]

I prefer the chimney next to that one, that big concrete one, :E. Ya know the one that pumps out all that lead, :hmm:......

I'm surprised Xstrata haven't come after everyone in town wanting to claim back all the lead we've built up in our bloodstream, :}.

morno

[Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/Joshuacox_2006/IMG_9703.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/Joshuacox_2006/IMG_9759.jpg
This man is an engineer, we can't show you his face on pprune, he's ugly.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/Joshuacox_2006/IMG_9793.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/Joshuacox_2006/IMG_9794.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/Joshuacox_2006/IMG_9408.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/Joshuacox_2006/IMG_9404.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/Joshuacox_2006/IMG_9394.jpg

[Jamair]

Guilty.........:ok: Same place from above.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p271/jamair_photos/0223071224-00.jpg

[Tagneah]

Bit of a mis-print on the tail of those box-type aeroplanes!!

It says FUGRO but i think it is ment to be FUGLY

:}

[J430]

Pardon my lack of knowlege but what are those ugly things being used for?

J:ok:

Aprt from visual pollution

[J430]

OK you wanted some more, how about this??
http://a694.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/37/l_1c644f1da6014224045edde8281ece95.jpg
J:ok:

[J430]

And another for all you Hawke Eye's
http://a811.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/51/l_92a6455bc89d37acb41d69f59937a1aa.jpg

J:ok:

[The PM]

Left handed rock thrower, those pics taken at Dubvegas?

[Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower]

PM, afirmative.

[QNH1013.2]

Nice SportStar there, pity the Jabiru is blocking the view.

[bentleg]

OK - where is this?
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/bentleg/milawa.jpg

[J430]

Hang on.....nobody has guessed the last two yet!!!!!

But it looks like a nice little town and airstrip!

J:ok:

[Andy_RR]

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/Joshuacox_2006/IMG_9408.jpg

What's all the ugly stuff hanging about the plane for?

...and what's that bit of rope on the end of the stick do?

[Bevan666]

Bentleg: Milawa! But its not that green at the moment.. :(

[Pseudonymn]

J430, that's not Mt Panorama is it? :confused:

[The PM]

concur, you can clearly see the gaol next to the golf course in the lower right corner.................:}




plus, you can see the pit area centre of shot and "mount panorama" written on the side of the mountain

[supercub150]

A few intresting photo's :}
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/5781/lineasternma4.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lineasternma4.jpg)
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3552/inverted2zn2.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=inverted2zn2.jpg)
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7381/inverted1rc5.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=inverted1rc5.jpg)

[bentleg]

Bentleg - Milawa! But its not that green at the moment..


Spot on - well done - and quick too. Brown Bros winery for those not familiar - a few miles east of Wangaratta.

[NOtimTAMs]

J430
The piccy with the Jab, the Sportstar and the ?Jodel looks like Boonah - possibly at the Flying Tigers fly in......greenest I've seen it for a while, too.

[J430]

Pseudonymn and PM well done, that was the easy one, coz its there if you know what to look for......OK I could not see the Mount Isa bit either...I know:rolleyes:
Any takers on the one above?
Brown Brothers Winery.......on the GOTO list now!
J:ok:
PS Just saw NOTIMTAMS post.....bloody good eye there! SO who are you and were you there?
J:ok:

[NOtimTAMs]

J430

No I wasn't there. Many many moons ago enjoyed ultralighting in proper open cockpit rag and tube stuff (none of this newfangled plastic fantastic ergonomic nightmare stuff),as well as GA and the Boonah strip was close to some pretty damn scenic flying as well as the Dugandan Pub!

Didn't the past CP of Slingair (Paul McK) teach there for quite a while, too?

AndyRR

www.fugroairborne.com.au (http://www.fugroairborne.com.au)

Should give you a clue.

[J430]

Dont know about the teachers, but the BBQ breakfast for $4.00 was great value.
Nice spot indeed. now what was that about plastic planes:} :} Is this what you mean about ergonomic?
http://a124.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/42/l_56b7efc0ea9a42b10ab702b7df9f3943.jpg

Pretty SEXY panel dn't ya think??
J:ok:

[NOtimTAMs]

Yar, nice panel for VFR work.

Ergonomics? Let's see: Stick between legs, flap lever back over left shoulder, throttle *down* between legs (and no friction nut), hand operated brakes and (IIRC) separate lever for elevator trim....hmmm. Flown *lots* of types of planes (left stick, centre stick, side stick; throttle - left right or centre; finger brakes, heel brakes, toe brakes etc.) and I can truthfully say I have never seen an arrangement quite like it when setting up for circuit entry and landing in turbulence. ....... probably shouldn't hijack the thread!

[J430]

notimtams

few corrections

centre stick, right hand, flap....electric, throttle left hand (between legs) and friction nut not needed, trim is seprate and no electric trim, but its ok where it is, ....now the brake is a bit awkward but hey!

Maybe you would find the NG version nicer to fly. All circuit/downwind is all together, Carb heat (left of pic), fuel pump, flaps and ASI all in one area and directly in the line of vision for landing.

Certainly never been a problem and I must say nicer than a C172 or Piper cockpit to use, especially with charts and plans etc. So much more usable space! Maybe you remember some older smaller types......

Back to the pics then!

[NOtimTAMs]

Fair cop J... centre stick. Will stand by the flap lever statement for the Jab model I flew at the factory quite some time ago, though! Interesting flight, too - from the RHS in a plane where the L & R wings did not share exactly the same coincident angle! Me, I like to see the throttle position.....but each to his own, as they say in Tasmania. :)

[NZ06AR]

J430

Yea sounds nice but as i havnt experienced it i spose i cant realy comment to much... but i would have to say that the nice new g1000 c172r and c172s are very nice indeed to fly....

so with this picture guess thing i gather i can chuck some potos up from nz..?

I chall get onto finding some challanging ones..

[PilotHTR]

J430
The piccy with the Jab, the Sportstar and the ?Jodel looks like Boonah - possibly at the Flying Tigers fly in......greenest I've seen it for a while, too.

NOTimTAMS,
For God's sake mate, thats not a Jodel, it's a Nanchang CJ-6A.
Bit of a difference methinks..

[J430]

NZ06AR

you are quite correct, a new C172 with the G1000 would be nice, and to be fair they do fly nice the old girls! But my motivation was probably not so clear, meaning the stick and ergoniomics. No yoke and throttle / mixture to get your charts and plans tangled up in.....dont try and tell me it does not happen, everyone I know comments about how much free space I have!

And yes at maybe $400K the new C172 will be nice, but even so, and i am not sure they realy get the performance figures (note website does not quote speed at 60% power) lets compare. Max speed 123kts V over 130kts, climb 720 V over 1000, Fuel...30+LPH v 20LPH, weights usable 360 V approx 335-345 (note if range is compared comparable kg for kg), TKOF dist 288 v 200.........

Sure the C172 would be nice if you give me one, but bang for buck at hourly cost of $40 V way more, and I have more load speed climb....I put up with the throttle in a funny place away from my charts:}

OK biased rants over lets see some more great pics, I promise to behave for a while:E :} :E

And HEL YEAH pics from the eastern states (NZ) are always nice to see:ok:
J:ok:

[J430]

PilotHTR

It is a Nanchang from Caboolture Warbirds, a bloody big Jodel...or roids:}

And anybody explained the ugly things with the darts up their ar$e.....yeah aerial surveys I know but what does all the stuff do that hangs of them.......ok surveys duh!:ugh: Seriously though?

J:ok:

[NOtimTAMs]

Here's a few pics that don't feature Jodels or Nanchangs :\:\ :\
#1.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/NOtimTAMs/sP9120244.jpg
#2.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/NOtimTAMs/sDSCN0651.jpg
#3
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/NOtimTAMs/sP9090042.jpg
#4
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/NOtimTAMs/sP9120176.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

1. Homehill
2. Ravenswood
3. Innisfail
4. Walshs Pyramid

[heywatchthis]

#2 Warwick???
#4 Mt Warning???

[Squawk7700]

J430, man, you've gotta stop posting pictures of your dash! That's now like 3 times for this thread alone!

[185skywagon]

Notimtams,
No.2 looks like Cherrabah.
I am sure it doesn't get cold enough up north to wear a vest/jacket.
185.

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/122668235-M.jpg



mine.

[NOtimTAMs]

Capt Fathom:

3 out of 4 !! #1 Home Hill, #3 Innisfail, #4 Walsh's Pyramid S of Cairns - with a bit of morning fog in the valley.

SkyWagon - you've go a good eye , too - #2 is Cherrabah looking west.

Am going to have to grab a few obscure ones....:E :E :E

[SoundBarrier]

Doubt anyone will recognise this! :) :)

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/nyamanza/ThePlanewithwall.jpg

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

#1 Home Hill
#2 Cherribah
#3 Innisfail
#4 Walsh's Pyramid

Man I gotta start looking out the window more!

#1 - I took one look and thought, "that's one of those shingle bed rivers in the South Is of NZ". Forget the fact that it is one of the most characteristic bridges in Qld, and I have flown over it dozens of times!

#2 - landed there a couple of dozen times, admittedly not for 20+ years so I am not being too hard on myself for that one.

#3 - only go there once a year to do my IR renewals, although Cowboy Bob doesn't like me looking out the window for those. Otherwise I fly over the place enroute to YBCS a maybe 6 times a year, but that's IFR and Innisfail is invariably clagged in to the deck!

#4 - must learn to pay more attention. Driven past the thing a dozen times.

FTDK:cool:

[sir.pratt]

a nice in-balance, level, steep turn over a dam somewhere? not many clues though. looks like a g-reg reminder sticker on the panel, buildings look european.

[NZ06AR]

yea to be honest id have to agree wif sir.pratt (http://www.pprune.org/forums/member.php?u=114040).... those buildings do look a little european...

heres some more nz pics

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/NZ06AR/SV400031.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/NZ06AR/SV400053.jpg

and this one aint from nz
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t259/NZ06AR/SV400039.jpg

NZ06AR:hmm:

[NOtimTAMs]

SB - it'llbe interesting to learn where it is and Google Earth it...

NZ - Great shots! top one is Queenstown, second is ? top of Mt Cook.

FTDK - a couple more for ya to redeem yourself....haven't found my obscure ones yet, tho'.:E :E

A.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/NOtimTAMs/sP9090026.jpg

B.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/NOtimTAMs/sP9120188.jpg

:ok:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

A is Townsville. Not too recent. Looking down on Castle Hill. Story goes that during WWII, the Yanks declared Castle Hill to be a hazard to aviation and wanted to knock it down and use the rubble to build a causeway to Magie Is.

B ? Don't know. Looks like my part of the world. Tully?

FTDK:cool:

[SoundBarrier]

I haven't flown there for a while guys but this pic is here. While not DnG I fly in NZ now.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/nyamanza/ThePlanewithwall.jpg

Long - 16°31'19.78"S
Lat - 28°45'41.38"E

[Tagneah]

ok first time posting pics so humour me.....
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/101_0123.jpg
nice tailwind too..
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/113_1333.jpg
and just a nice view.....
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/109_0918.jpg
Tag

[NOtimTAMs]

SB - Holy Kariba, Batman. Goes great on Google Earth -pop on down to about 3500' and tilt - terrain mapping's great!
FTDK - A is only a couple of years ago!! B the runway at the bottom left of the picture should confirm or deny your suspicions.
Tag - top one's Cooly ?looking to Mt Warning, the bottom one .....um um um um.......:) :)

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

SoundBarrier

Kariba Dam - concrete arch dam across the Zambezi River at Kariba Gorge, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Completed in 1959, the structure is 420 feet (128 m) high with a crest 1,899 feet (579 m) in length and a volume of 1,350,000 cubic yards (1,032,000 cubic m). The dam creates Lake Kariba.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

NoTimTams - I'm sticking with Tully!

FTDK:cool:

[jbr76]

Hey Chimbu Chuckles
Recognise anybody in this picture at all?
Check 3rd from right ..
http://users.bigpond.net.au/jbr/talair_crew.jpg

[Tagneah]

Here's a few more:


On descent into Melbourne from the west. This cracka was out past Mangalore while we were still about 60 miles west. Massive thing.....



http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/121_2188.jpg



another good tail wind...... wish it was like this all the time! Very painfull going the other way though!


http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/120_2078.jpg


Sunset on the way to perth......


http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/123_2306.jpg

guess where?


http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/Pirie2.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

Guess Where...?

Port Pirie

[Tagneah]

Very Quick Fathom! :D

Did you right click and select properties or sum-fin?

:}

[compressor stall]

What it looks like when you fly outside the GPS terrain database area!
There is some good spherical trigonometry practice here for those who are interested: What is the aircraft's lat/lon as the picture is taken? (The bearing is in deg TRUE).


http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/gpssthocean.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

Jbr76...........I recognise that man 3rd from the right (wearing glasses), but perhaps you don't.

It is "Molly", last heard of in NZ. And the handsome dark-haired chap in the centre of the photo (minus epaulettes) is well known in this forum, as are some of the other "suspects".

[J430]

Tagneah

Mate, assuming your the F/O in the sunset photo, why didn't you chip the capt for having his foot on the "desk"........:= :E :E

Great pics !:ok:

Will download a few more in a minute!

J:ok:

[Tagneah]

can't do that mate.......

mine was up on the desk too at some stage.........:oh:

[jbr76]

Jbr76...........I recognise that man 3rd from the right (wearing glasses), but perhaps you don't.
Trust me, I know who he is .. I am engaged to one of his daughters ;)

[J430]

OK, lets see.......what and where?

http://a855.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49/l_811dc017d8c1d150e71f08cdd77256de.jpg

and to this one:eek:

http://a922.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/19/l_8b9ee86eb27843acb1561ef7ea615cd9.jpg

and a real oldy....65 yrs and seen active duty too!
http://a689.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/63/l_cc1c2adb8e254a122a81bbd10fc83b90.jpg

J:ok:

[Capt Fathom]

Tagneah..
Did you right click and select properties or sum-fin?:=
Hmmm...! I'm not that smart, but thanks for the tip. Should speed things up next time round!

[chimbu warrior]

J430, I'm guessing these latest shots were taken at Clifton (Bange field), and that is an Iskra. Dunno what the ultralight is, but the last one is a Fairchild 24W; this one lives at Gatton.

[Capt Fathom]

stallie

S63 37.4 E119 29.3 ... and a long way from home!

Direct course from Casey to Hobart ??

[J430]

chimbu warrior

Pretty slick there.....so which plane were you in????

Not sure about the jet, it looks like a Panther scaled down a bit. What is an Iskra if I may ask?

J:ok:

[chimbu warrior]

J430, nah, wasn't there, but I have been in years past.

The Iskra is an eastern European design, but don't know much about it.

[J430]

I googled and looked it up, dont think its a Iskra TS-11, its tail etc is quite different.

Still think its a Gruman Panther replica, scaled down maybe to a 75% or something. Think I have a mag article at home about it somewhere. Will check it out!.

J:ok:

[Tagneah]

Last ones!

Head to head (sort of)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/108_0892.jpg

Beaut day in the west....

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/114_1444.jpg

Tag

[VH-XXX]

It's supposedly the first home-built experimental Jet. Quite impressive. If I recall correctly it is a scaled Panther of sorts. A great achievement!

[Chimbu chuckles]

jbr76...yup I know everyone in that picture....that's me 4th from left.

Give Molly my best regards:ok:

Are you engaged to the younger or older daughter?

They were both babies when we were neighbours in Lae in the late 80s. If you're marrying the younger just make sure she's 'pool trained'...Molly will explain:}

[MFB 2]

First try, hope I don't puckit.

Close encounters of the bird kind
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Closeencountersofthebirdkind.jpg

What goes up
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Whatgoesup.jpg
Must come down
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Mustcomedown.jpg

Heaps more, just a few at a time. MFB (apparently the second)

I did resize the photos, they were roiginally 2.3 up to 15.2mb.
Don't know why the first is so big, all resized to 640 x 480??

[MFB 2]

More
Old and new P2-AND
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/OldP2-AND.jpg

New by 2
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/NewP2-AND.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/NewP2-AND2.jpg
Old panel and new panel (I know, not the same rego)
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/OldPanel.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/NewPanel.jpg

Some Fane Tapini etc tomorrow
MFB.

[NZ06AR]

Here Arre the answers.

#1 is queenstown on the climb out.

#2 is actualy not mount cook but mount aspiring

#3 well this random is a pic of NCRG (rarotonga int)

[18 foot pek pek]

Some Fane Tapini etc tomorrow
MFB.

In the F28? I look forward to those mate.....

[jbr76]

Heya Chimbu Chuckles

Yeah I am getting married to the younger one ( and yes she remembers who you are :P .. she filled me in on the pool story lol ) :8

Just out of curiosity, do you own that bonanza in the pic you posted a few pages back? (VH-EZU) ?

It just goes to show what a small world we actually live in :ok:

[Chimbu chuckles]

Yes EZU is mine...give her my regards...in fact can you PM me Molly's current email?

[Ultralights]

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Closeencountersofthebirdkind.jpg
by the looks of that radome, i dont think a little birdy is all of its problems! by the looks of the paint erosion, i bet its full of water as well.

[J430]

Chimbu Chuckles mate!

You cant get on here elluding to a good story and not share it.......c'mon fess up!

No names to protect the guilty of course:E

J:ok:

[MFB 2]

Fane pics.http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Fane1.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Fane2.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Fane3.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Fane4.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Fane5.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Fane6.jpg
Good load, super, LPG and motor oil.

[MFB 2]

Ambunti, Tapini and Dadoima (excuse the spelling).

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Ambunti1-1.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Tapini1.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Tapini2.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Tapini3.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Dadoima1.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/Dadoima2.jpg

[jbr76]

Yes EZU is mine...give her my regards...in fact can you PM me Molly's current email?
Chimbu Chuckles check your PM! :}
ps: EZU is one fine bird you have! :ok:

[Chimbu chuckles]

J430, jbr76's lady was 4 or 5 yrs old at the time (God that makes me feel old:uhoh: )...I think it should remain an 'in' joke:}

Excellent PNG pictures...many great memories there...including the mighty F28...now THAT was a fun aeroplane!!!!!:D

[J430]

Hi Folks

Just for everyones general knowlege I have since found out what the Experimental Jet ws that was posted by me the other day. It is in fact a 3/4 replica of a Grumman Panther, built by a guy in Brisbane.

First amateur built jet in Australia!:D

First flight was 1st of April 2006 in Kingaroy. Found an article in the SAAA mag from Aug/Sep 2006. I understand it was a bit of a handful until some CofG issues were sorted (rumour only). But it seems to fly well fast and slow now!

J:ok:

[bentleg]

This one should be easy .... a bit hazy unfortunately.... http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k129/bentleg/guess.jpg

[kookabat]

Base for 06, Camden.



Hardly a challenge!

[Wheeler]

Crikey! Is that Camden? Where did all those houses and stuff come from?l

[podbreak]

Crikey! Tapini has come a long way...

[Chimbu chuckles]

I see Fane still has the wrecked Islander...know the 'who' but cannot remember the 'why'.

[185skywagon]

Coupla shots from the Diamantina area 2 days ago.
Bilpa Morea is always about this colour, however, it is totally covered with water. It is an unusual event for this claypan.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/bilpa.JPG
Diamantina around Mt Leonard/Monkira.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/diam130207-1.JPG
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/diam130207-2.JPG
Lake Machattie looking east.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/machattie.JPG
S/W of Glengyle.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/glengyle.JPG
One from last year south of Betoota. Lignum/canegrass swales. The Brain.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/Sbetoota0806.JPG
185

[185skywagon]

A couple of shots at work.
plague locust campaign Tambo 12/06.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/APLCTambo1206.JPG
Having a break from Kangaroo survey at Kingoonya SA. Freight train in background.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/cwhkingoora.JPG
Getting ready for another session at YOLD.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/CWHYOLD.JPG
Fuelling up at Carlo N/W of Bedourie.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/Pig%20Baiting%20045.jpg
Taking off from Currawilla.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/Pig%20Baiting%20052.jpg
185

[PS2A_yay!]

More photos from a past trip around mighty Oz.
#1 - Any ideas where this is? Pretty easy!
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/DSC00424.jpg

#2 - And this one? Not so easy.
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/DSC00501.jpg

#3 - Now this one should be easy too?
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/Picture034.jpg

#4 - And last but not least?
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/DSC00526.jpg

Keep up the work guys, this is great viewing!! :ok:

PS2A

[Towering Q]

Is #1 Broken Hill?

[CoolCat]

Is #3 Connellan (ayers)?
#4's obviously the GC

[Tagneah]

a couple from a previous life:


http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/Glenelg7.jpg


http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s117/grantdprice/DeepCreekToVictor8.jpg

[PS2A_yay!]

Good Work fellas.

#1 is BHI - The home of the RFDS.
#3 is YAYE - The land of the big red rock.
#4 is self explanatory!! Plenty of beer drank there! :8

Any guesses on #2??

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

#2 = Airlie Beach?

[185skywagon]

Here are a few to have a go at.
#1
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/guess.JPG
#2
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/guess2.JPG
#3
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/guess3.JPG
and finally a shot of a dusty blow at CV last week.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/CV060207.JPG

cheers,
185.

[jetstar1]

Yeah looks like Shute Harbour.
Tagneah: Glenelg for the 1st one is it?

[PS2A_yay!]

FTDK and jetstar1 are correct. It is Shute Harbour at Airlie Beach. Great place to land, grab a beer and watch all the beavers coming in from their days work in the whitsundays.
Ahhh, the memories

And Tagneah, top photo is Glenelg in SA. Departure of RWY 23 YPAD.

[bushy]

The first one looks like Coober Pedy, and the second looks like the area to the north of CooberPedy. The aerodrome is OOdnadata. The old Ghan railway line used to go through there, but the line has been torn up now. You can see where it used to be.

[Peter Fanelli]

Anyone remember the good old days when you'd find a Flight Service Unit in a place like Oodnadatta?

[185skywagon]

Bushy,
Correct on #2 and #3.
Taken from outside the FS building. It is all looking very decrepit.
Fairly wild fuel bowser setup.
http://www.skywagon.info/webshots/FSOOD.JPG
185.

[slinky daddy]

Yes Peter,and at Leigh Creek
What was the lovely old restaurant in LC run by nice old lady?

[Peter Fanelli]

Beats me, I used to pass through Leigh Creek frequently, even at the old airport which is just a big hole now. But never spent much time in the actual town. (New or old)

[slinky daddy]

:ooh: Theres a "new" airport?

[Keg]

A couple from further afield.

This one isn't Australia! :} I know where it is but I'm not 100% sure of it's name.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8045/cimg0058kp3.jpg


This one is a bit further on. The PM went here very recently.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9231/cimg0061dz0.jpg

[chimbu warrior]

185 skywagon.....number 1 looks like Woomera to me.

[185skywagon]

Chimbu,

Correct.


185

[CoolCat]

Keg, is it Mt. Hotham (YHOT) airport and an aerial view of Mt. Hotham?

[PS2A_yay!]

Coolcat. Keg said it wasnt in Oz!

Keg - my guess is Courchevel (Not sure on spelling) in France. And the second one somewhere in Afghanistan. I do believe our greatful PM just came back from there after visiting the boys in uniform.

Slinky daddy - I also didnt know there was a "new" airport at LEC. Hopefully the lovely Rosie is still refuelling! I remember the good ole days when she would come out to refuel us in her pyjamas, with freshly made sandwiches for us all!!

[VH-WTF]

If only Oz had that much snow.. would almost make living here worthwhile..
Somewhere Swiss I think.. Ecuvillens? Though don't recall eyebrows going there.. tough one!

[bushy]

They shifted the whole town and the aerodrome, because there was coal underneath it.

[olderbutyzer]

Slinky daddy - I also didnt know there was a "new" airport at LEC. Hopefully the lovely Rosie is still refuelling! I remember the good ole days when she would come out to refuel us in her pyjamas, with freshly made sandwiches for us all!!


Yes the lovely Rosie is still there, I paid her a visit not that long ago. But she was never in the old town. I think you might be confusing her with Trixie, the lady Rosie took over the business from. Sadly both Trixie & her husband Don passed away within a month of each other last year.

[Swanie]

any guesses?? should be pretty easyhttp://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b168/swan-dogg/20-02-07_1624.jpg

[Peter Fanelli]

I believe a tiny piece of the old Leigh Creek Airport is still visible on Google Earth, see if you can find it.
Hint...It's north of the location of the old town which is also still there.

[Nil Flaps]

G'day Swanie....

That'd be Bunbury WA, my local haunt.

[Towering Q]

Any takers for another WA coastal town?
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/IMG_0700.jpg

[Zhaadum]

TCU,

Karratha?

Z:ok:

[Towering Q]

Zhaadum, try a little further south.

[the wizard of auz]

looks a little like Canarvon......... with the facine in the foreground and the gascoyne river a little further out.
The picture about three pages back labeled another nice day in the west (or sumint like that) is Broome...... about four mile final Rwy 28.

[VH-MLE]

Definitely Carnarvon - I can see my old house (just) at 29 Douglas St.

Cheers.

VH-MLE

[Swanie]

sure is flapless:p
will take some more monday for the perth locals:ok:

[Keg]

PS2A, the latter photos were of Afghanisatan looking up towards Kabul (northbound).

The shot of the airfield is some tin pot town on the border between Pakistan and Afghanisatan. The picture didn't do it justice because it was a lot steeper than it looks and finished at the mountain. Definitely a one way strip!

[Zhaadum]

TCU,

No worries, just a guess! It all looks much the same N of PH anyway, flat brown dry... Driven to Broome and back twice, never again!

Cheers,

Z:ok:

[slackie]

Ok....so where's this...taken YESTERDAY
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/ForPPrune.jpg
(P.S. I've blanked out the Aeroclub sign as that sort of gave it away!!!)

[Weekend_Warrior]

National Aerobatic Championships
Date: 22nd - 25th March 2007
Venue: CHB Aero Club
Location: Takapau Road, Waipukurau
Contact: (06) 857 3804

A week of competition at CHB Aero Club, Waipukurau.

[PS2A_yay!]

Nice photo slackie!!

Few lasers, and of course the venerable pitts up the end! The black laser in the forground looks real nice. Love to have a go!! :}

Cheers

[slackie]

PS2A - Not quite lasers....

Anyone else?? Who can pick the types??

[kiwi_hockey_guy]

Not too sure what NUT is, but there is a Ziln and an edge 540...

[jetstar1]

NUT looks like a Giles 202?

[podbreak]

That ain't a laser in the foreground, thats a 540, shes very nice indeedy...

[AEIO-540]

Starting at the front of the pack.

1. Edge 540
2. G202
3. Zlin 50
4. Pitts S1
5. Pitts S1
6. Pitts S-2B

What a line up.